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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Family Milestones: April 7th

My paternal 4th-great granduncle, Jesse C. CHEW, married on this date in 1806 to Martha DRIVER. Jesse was the son of Nathaniel and Sarah (SPRINGER) CHEW, and the younger brother of my Rev. Nathaniel CHEW. Jesse was born September 3, 1788 in Gloucester County, New Jersey. I do not have dates of birth or death for Martha, nor her parentage. Jesse died April 18, 1846. Nothing further is known at this time.

My maternal 5th-great grandaunt, Mary CHEW, married on this date in 1825 to Joseph MOON. Mary was the daughter of Andrew and Anna Marie (BARTHUS) CHEW, and the younger sister of my Elizabeth CHEW. I do not have dates of birth or death for Joseph, nor his parentage. Elizabeth died March 9, 1859. Nothing further is known at this time.

My maternal 5th-great grandaunt, Janet WARDLAW, was born on this date in 1784 in Virginia. Janet was the daughter of Robert and Janet (DOWNEY) WARDLAW, and the younger sister of my Samuel WARDLAW. Janet married January 12, 1805 in Clermont County, Ohio to Joseph CALVIN. I do not have dates of birth or death for Joseph, nor his parentage. They had 10 children. Janet died October 1851 in Brown County, Ohio.

My paternal 6th-great grandaunt, Judith DAVIS, was born on this date in 1731. Judith was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (MAXSON) DAVIS, and the younger sister of my Thomas William DAVIS. Judith was born April 7, 1731. Judith married in 1749 to Thomas BABCOCK. Thomas was born March 7, 1710 in Westerly, Rhode Island. I do not have his parentage. They had at least 1 son. Thomas died in 1785. Nothing further is known at this time.

My paternal 3rd-great grandaunt, Matilda JACOBS, was born on this date in 1824 in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania. Matilda was the daughter of David and Barbara (BYERS) JACOBS, and the older sister of my Susan JACOBS. Matilda married on April 27, 1847 in Wayne County, Ohio to George COOK. George was born June 11, 1818 in York County, Pennsylvania. I do not have his parentage. They had 5 children. George died September 14, 1887 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. Matilda died May 27, 1892 in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas.

Amazing wealth of information! It appears that your paternal 3rd-great grandaunt Matilda Jacobs was married to George Cook Jr., the eldest brother of my great-grandmother Elizabeth Cook. I have a little info on George's family if you want it.